As part of Wakefield's centenary celebrations in 1988, the author was commissioned to do a modern adaptation of the Wakefield Medieval Mystery Plays. Simple vernacular speech is retained, spanning the Creation to the Resurrection. The music is by Andy Roberts.
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As part of Wakefield's centenary celebrations in 1988, the author was commissioned to do a modern adaptation of the Wakefield Medieval Mystery Plays. Simple vernacular speech is retained, spanning the Creation to the Resurrection. The music is by Andy Roberts.
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The Modern Plays series is world famous for containing the work of many of the finest contemporary playwrights. Established in 1959 with the publication of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey, it remains a series synonymous with the very best in new writing for the stage. Today it features over 1000 plays and continues to grow alongside the staging of new work.
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Product details

ISBN
9780413662101
Published
1991-12-09
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight
300 gr
Height
202 mm
Width
122 mm
Thickness
7 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
128

Author

Biographical note

Adrian Henri (1932-2000) was born in Birkenhead. He was a poet, painter, playwright, songwriter and occasional art critic, and regularly exhibits paintings. His publications include Collected Poems (1986), Wish You Were Here (1990), The Phantom Lollipop Lady and Rhinestone Rhino (poems for children, 1986 and 1989), Eric the Punk Cat and The Postman's Palace (1933 and 1990), and Box (poems for teenagers, 1990). His plays include: I Want (with Nell Dunn, 1986), The Husband, the Wife and the Stranger (BBC TV, 1986) and (with others) Fears and Miseries of the Third Term (1989).